🎤롤링스톤ㆍ포브스ㆍ소후 인터뷰 모음1~ 🌈

[나의힐링천사다니엘]

녤아 많이 힘드로찌?
토닥토닥~

오늘 사녹두 멋졌다눈 것 같던데~ 🤗🤗🤗
무대 넘 궁금하당~ ㅎㅎㅎ

녤아 오늘두 고생많았또
아주 푹~ 잘자용~
녤나잇~ 😴😴😴

사랑해용~ 💖

녤아 밥 먹어또?
ㅎㅎ11시니깐 이따가 맛있는 고 먹어용~ 😄😄😄

사랑해 하튜뿅뿅~ 💖

크으~~~~
빛나눈 미모~ 😄😄😄

눈이 부시넹~ ⭐️ㆍ⭐️

https://twitter.com/Laul1210/status/1528965966771929093?t=BzLf00d2xJvBlbnRlx8Bnw&s=09

Laul on Twitter

우와~
진짜 대단한 배우 아티스트분들 사이에 녤이 이름이 딱~ 😄😄😄

넘 좋당~ 🤗🤗🤗

https://jmagazine.joins.com/forbes/view/335939

[2022 포브스코리아 선정 파워 셀러브리티 40] 2022년 파워 셀럽은 누구?

26. 강다니엘(가수)

[프로듀스101]에서 탄생한 11인조 보이 그룹 ‘Wanna One’의 멤버이다. 2019년 자신의 레이블인 Konnect를 설립하고 솔로 활동을 시작했다. 최근 들어 연기, MC 등 여러 가지 도전으로 활동 반경을 넓히는 모습이다.

큰 화제를 모았던 댄스 오디션 프로그램 [스트릿 우먼 파이터] MC로 발탁됐고, 좋은 반응을 이끌어내며 첫 MC 도전을 성공적으로 끝마쳤다.

스우파의 흥행으로 제작된 다음 시리즈 [스트릿 걸스 파이터]에서도 MC를 맡아 좋은 모습을 보였다.
이 밖에 현재 제작 중인 드라마
[너와 나의 경찰수업]에서 주연을 맡아 열연했다.

https://twitter.com/forbes_korea/status/1529371847015682048?t=lkJzu4R2TxvuviymBcm26Q&s=19

포브스코리아 on Twitter

엥~ ㅋㅋㅋ
나 지금 이고 보고 이떴눈데~ 😄😄😄

녤이 금발 너무너무 귀여워~
더 애기 같애

녤모닝~
애기야 잘 자떠요? 🤗🤗🤗

녤아~
오늘두 힘내용
홧팅홧팅~ 🤗🤗🤗

알~ 러뷰~ 러뷰~ 💖

https://twitter.com/SpotifyKR/status/1529026115549134848?t=TxR4AkmHoN32m35b2Ipcow&s=19

Spotify Korea on Twitter

슈스녤 소개 영상
https://youtu.be/8pSYfwQ65rA

슈스녤

https://twitter.com/SuperStar_SSK/status/1529040492331429889?t=pRfhFDg9k_DyS1nWXGhbyw&s=19

SuperStar KANGDANIEL on Twitter

ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ




220524 소후 코리아 인터뷰
웨이보 일부ver.

https://twitter.com/KDanigall/status/1529052705993674752?t=XdUzT8I_sfQmbgYFyXPUSA&s=09

트위터에서 즐기는 강다니엘갤러리

220524 소후 코리아 인터뷰
원출처 ㅡ웨이보 풀ver.
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4772701447131448

微博

https://twitter.com/stone4daniel_2/status/1529214672083517440?t=rrfbZlPVtSeKyeARLz6kfw&s=09

다녜리즘 on Twitter

https://twitter.com/inevan/status/1529347322332971010?t=RzX4CdvAxmL_of7vdJFrOg&s=09

트위터에서 즐기는 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦

ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ




새벽에 뮤비랑 노래 듣고 인터뷰 보느라고 무지 바빴당~ ㅋㅋㅋ
바이오 힐보도 새론거 떴더라고
요것두 방금 봤는데~ 😄😄😄

[바이오힐보X강다니엘]
광고촬영 메이킹 필름 💜

화장품 광고인지, 영화 촬영인지 헷갈린다녤
https://youtu.be/8lLbnvR5He4

롤링스톤 인터뷰 어마무시하게 길어서 아직 다 못 봤당~ 😄😄😄

오늘은 정리 못 할거 같고
또 미루는 거지 모~ ㅎㅎㅎ

언제할수 있을지 모르겠당
녤이 활동기엔 어마무시하게 나두 바뿌당~ ㅋㅋㅋ

롤링스톤 인디아 메인 헤더가
강다니엘이야~ 😄😄😄

"Kang Daniel is Rolling Stone India's May Cover Star"
https://twitter.com/i/events/1524764849343205376?t=jqoC9pQnzI-d5krdRgsJkg&s=09

Kang Daniel is Rolling Stone India's May Cover Star

#OnTheCover
대한민국의 슈퍼스타
KangDaniel(@konnect_danielk)

싱어송라이터 겸 CEO가 자신의 창작 과정, 음악 사업, 첫 번째 스튜디오 앨범 #TheStory에 대해 공개합니다

롤링 스톤 인디아
5월 K-Music 특별호 표지를 장식

Cover Story: Kang Daniel is The Artist You’ve Been Waiting For

Cover Story:
당신이 기다려온 아티스트 강다니엘

https://rollingstoneindia.com/cover-story-kang-daniel-is-the-artist-youve-been-waiting-for/

Cover Story: Kang Daniel is The Artist You’ve Been Waiting For

한국어 번역 링크
https://twitter.com/coke__drink/status/1530024213364744192?t=giokywlUBLlXQt7zHTn4Ug&s=19

🍀"내 모든 앨범을 발표하고 많은 것을 배웠고, 모두 내 삶의 여정에서 얻은 소중한 교훈입니다."

🍀아이러니하게도 가장 가까운 사람들에게 마음을 여는 것은 매우 어렵습니다.

친구, 가족에게 마음을 여는 게 어려워서 음악이라는 매체로 했어요

https://twitter.com/RollingStoneIN/status/1529122544527212546?t=nSvWRpLkfVlrN8imNZTJoQ&s=19

Rolling Stone India على تويتر

The singer-songwriter opens up about his most emotional records, what it takes to run a label, and the narrative which inspired his new LP, ‘The Story’

“Since I am the front runner of the Konnect family, I think that I have to take responsibility and become the best that I can be in order to lead them further.”

It’s almost 10 PM on a Thursday night in South Korea, and Kang Daniel has butterflies in his stomach.


싱어송라이터는 자신의 가장 감정적인 음반, 레이블 운영의 필요성, 그리고 그의 새로운 LP인 'The Story'에 영감을 준 이야기에 대해 털어놓는다.

그는 "커넥트의 리더이기 때문에 책임을 지고 내가 할 수 있는 최고가 돼야 그들을 더 이끌 수 있다고 생각한다"고 말했다.

한국은 목요일 밤 10시가 다 되어가는데, 강다니엘은 가슴이 조마조마하다.

We’re just a couple of weeks away from the release of his first studio album, The Story, and he can’t escape the jitters because this LP is about to change everything.

“I’m just extremely ecstatic,” he says with a big grin when we connect over Zoom.

He’s blonde right now – which is a top secret until the promotions for the album begin – and his fluffy platinum bangs make him look even younger than he is. It’s been a long day full of interviews, and we’re his last press stop before he heads off for a late-night dance practice, but his excitement around talking about the music itself is nowhere close to waning.


우리는 그의 첫 번째 스튜디오 앨범인 The Story의 발매를 불과 몇 주 앞두고 있습니다. 그리고 그는 이 LP가 모든 것을 바꾸려 하고 있기 때문에 초조함을 피할 수 없습니다.

Zoom을 통해 접속할 때 그는 활짝 웃으며 "나는 매우 황홀할 뿐입니다."라고 말합니다.

그는 지금 금발인데, 이것은 앨범 프로모션이 시작되기 전까지만 해도 극비이고, 그의 솜털 같은 플래티넘 앞머리는 그를 훨씬 더 젊게 보이게 한다. 인터뷰로 가득찬 긴 하루였고, 그가 심야 댄스 연습을 떠나기 전 우리가 그의 마지막 프레스 스톱이지만, 음악 자체에 대해 이야기하는 그의 흥분은 시들해지지 않았다.

“Every time I release an album or a song, I have the same kind of feeling,” he declares.
“Because it’s actually me taking center stage as the speaker in my own story, and I believe that that’s a blessing in itself.

Like every other time, I just feel blessed and truly happy about it.”
Kang turns out to be the perfect interviewee.
He sends over the newly mastered album to me in advance so I can get a better understanding of the direction he’s taking next, and he’s come highly prepared for the in-depth dive we’re about to take into his artistry – I catch glimpses of him taking notes so that he can map out his answers, and it’s terribly endearing.


앨범이나 노래를 발표할 때마다, 저는 같은 종류의 감정을 느낍니다,"라고 그는 말한다.
"왜냐하면 제 이야기의 전달자로서의 역할을 맡은 것은 사실 저 자신이고, 저는 그것 자체가 축복이라고 믿기 때문입니다.

다른 때처럼, 저는 그저 축복받고 진심으로 행복하다고 느낍니다."
강다니엘은 완벽한 면접 대상자로 밝혀졌다.

그는 제가 그가 다음에 취할 방향에 대해 더 잘 이해할 수 있도록 제게 새로 마스터된 앨범을 미리 보내 주었고, 그는 우리가 그의 예술성에 대해 깊이 있게 연구할 준비가 되어 있습니다
저는 그가 답을 계획할 수 있도록 메모를 하는 것을 흘끗 보는데, 그것은 엄청나게 사랑스럽습니다.

We nerd out together over small details like ad libs and background vocals, album design and release schedules, each topic more interesting than the last.

He hides his face in his hands every time I compliment his hard work and grins when I point out things I’ve noticed in the record, adding in little behind-the-scenes facts that the audience might never otherwise know.

“They’re not all personal stories,” Kang says when I ask how much of this album (which finally dropped today on May 24th) was inspired by his own life.


우리는 애드리브와 배경 보컬, 앨범 디자인과 발매 일정과 같은 작은 세부 사항들을 함께 연구합니다. 각각의 주제는 지난 번보다 더 흥미롭죠.

그는 내가 그의 노고를 칭찬할 때마다 그의 손에 얼굴을 가리고 내가 기록에서 알아챈 것들을 지적할 때마다 미소를 지으며, 그렇지 않았다면 청중들이 결코 알지 못했을지도 모르는 작은 비하인드 사실들을 덧붙인다.

강다니엘은 (오늘 5월 24일 발매된) 이 앨범이 얼마나 자신의 삶에 영감을 받았는지 묻자 "모두 개인적인 이야기가 아니다"라고 말한다.

It’s a surprising twist considering all his previous albums have been based on incidents and trials he’s experienced first-hand, but he explains that it was time to look outside of his own sphere to convey the message he needed to at this point in his life.

“I think that I was trying to find common ground that a lot of other people can really relate to, stories of other people that everyone can really relate to.”

He takes on the role of narrator rather than protagonist, and The Story is more like an anthology that he’s taking listeners through. It’s the reason why he titled it the way he did.


그의 이전 앨범들이 모두 그가 직접 경험한 사건들과 시련들을 바탕으로 만들어졌다는 것을 고려하면 놀라운 반전이지만, 그의 인생에서 이 시점에서 필요한 메시지를 전달하기 위해 자신의 영역 밖을 내다볼 때였다는 것이 그의 설명이다.

"저는 많은 다른 사람들이 정말로 공감할 수 있는 공통점, 모든 사람들이 정말로 공감할 수 있는 다른 사람들의 이야기를 찾으려고 노력했다고 생각합니다."

그는 주인공이라기보다는 내레이터 역할을 맡았고, '스토리'는 그가 듣는 사람들을 통솔하는 앤솔로지 같은 것이다. 그것이 그가 그렇게 제목을 붙인 이유이다.

“We were just discussing and throwing out ideas and it was just a simple thought, because I had accumulated different stories and put them into this album,” he recalls.

“All of these songs had different themes and different storylines, but I had put them together into one big album. So I thought, ‘Why not?’ Why not just call [the album what it is]. It turned out to be quite perfect.”


"우리는 단지 토론하고 아이디어를 냈을 뿐이고 그것은 단순한 생각일 뿐입니다. 왜냐하면 저는 다른 이야기들을 축적했고 그것들을 이번 앨범에 넣었기 때문입니다."라고 그는 회상합니다.

"이 노래들은 모두 주제도 다르고 줄거리도 달랐지만, 저는 그것들을 하나의 큰 앨범으로 묶었습니다. 그래서 나는 '왜 안 되지?'라고 생각했다. 그냥 그 앨범을 부르는 게 어때요? 그것은 꽤 완벽한 것으로 드러났습니다."

https://twitter.com/RollingStoneIN/status/1524760527666171906?t=PfTVhHfrHzWdVAqe7lfJww&s=19

트위터에서 즐기는 Rolling Stone India

Kang Daniel is fearless.

He earned this title with his 2021 record Yellow, which gained worldwide acclaim for its powerful analysis of mental health and catharsis.

It was the last installment to his Color Trilogy project – which was conceptualized with the aim of showing audiences his various sides as a musician – and was a staggeringly vulnerable EP, filled with anger, frustration, anguish and hesitation.


강다니엘은 겁이 없어요.
그는 정신 건강과 카타르시스에 대한 강력한 분석으로 세계적인 찬사를 받은 2021년 음반 옐로우로 이 타이틀을 얻었다.

이 곡은 그의 컬러 3부작 프로젝트의 마지막 작품으로, 관객들에게 음악가로서의 다양한 모습을 보여주기 위한 목적으로 컨셉화되었으며 분노, 좌절, 고뇌, 망설임으로 가득 찬 놀랍도록 취약한? EP였다.

While the first EP Cyan was a pop dream to showcase Kang’s youth and entry into the industry and its successor Magenta showed off his EDM side, Yellow took a sharp turn towards grief and fear.

It ranked second on Rolling Stone India’s list of ‘Best K-pop Albums of 2021,’ and appeared on similar lists worldwide – mostly thanks to Kang’s incredibly moving songwriting.


첫 번째 EP Cyan이 강다니엘의 젊음과 업계 진출을 알리는 팝의 꿈이었고, 후속 앨범인 Magenta가 그의 EDM 면모를 과시했다면 Yellow는 슬픔과 두려움을 향해 급격하게 방향을 틀었다.

Rolling Stone India의 '2021년 최고의 K-pop 앨범' 목록에서 2위를 차지했으며, 전 세계적으로 비슷한 목록에 올랐습니다. 대부분 Kang의 놀랍도록 감동적인 작사 (작곡) 덕분입니다.

He opened up about his experience with cyberbullying on “Digital,” anxiety and self-critique ignited by depression on “Paranoia,” and a desperation to be saved from his own mind via “Antidote.”

People from all walks of life across the globe voiced their love for the 25-year-old singer and found solace in the words he penned down while he was still in the middle of one of the most trying times of his life and, in truth, he’s still trying to process the attention.


그는 '디지털'에서 사이버 왕따를 당한 경험, '파라노이아'에서 우울증으로 불붙은 불안과 자기비판, '안티도테'를 통해 자신의 마음에서 구원받고 싶은 간절함 등을 털어놨다

전 세계 각계각층의 사람들은 이 25세 가수에 대한 사랑을 표명했고 그가 아직도 그의 인생에서 가장 힘든 시기 중 하나에 있는 동안 쓴 말에서 위안을 찾았고, 사실, 그는 여전히 관심을 처리하려고 노력하고 있다.

“I think… it’s something that’s bigger than myself,” he says in reference to the reaction the world had to Yellow.
“At this moment in time, I think that it’s difficult to fathom, because it’s quite overwhelming for me.

I’m grateful that I get that kind of attention and that kind of response. It’s a surprise, first of all, but I’m very thankful that it’s been well received, that the feedback is great, because it was just me talking about my story.”


제 생각에는... 저보다 더 큰 무언가인 것 같아요.” 그는 Yellow에 대한 세상의 반응에 대해 말합니다.
“지금 이 순간이 감당하기 힘든 일이라는 생각이 듭니다.

그런 관심과 반응을 얻어서 감사하다. 일단 의외지만 제 이야기를 했을 뿐인데 좋게 봐주시고 피드백도 잘 해주셔서 너무 감사하다"고 말했다.

“If you just get mired in your own feelings, I think that you can go into this hole, and you can never come out of it.”

We try to pinpoint why Yellow made the impact it did, and Kang presents a theory he’s been thinking about for a while.

“It’s quite a difficult question, but I think that at some level, the courage to be able to open up about the hurt, or those sad feelings, or the innermost thoughts – that was what was applauded,” he says.


자신의 감정에 빠져들면 이런 수렁에 빠져들 수 있고 절대 나올 수 없다고 생각합니다."

우리는 Yellow가 왜 그런 영향을 미쳤는지 정확히 지적하려고 노력하고 Kang은 그가 한동안 생각해 온 이론을 제시합니다.

“상당히 어려운 질문이지만 상처, 슬픈 감정, 내면의 생각을 털어놓을 수 있는 용기가 어느 정도 박수를 받은 것 같아요.”라고 그는 말합니다.

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“I’m sure that everyone around the world will, at some point in time, have their own difficulties and have their own sorrows.

But ironically, it’s very difficult to open up to your closest people. It’s difficult to open up to your friends, your family, so I did that through the medium of music.

I think that people had been waiting for someone to open up and I think that the timing was right. And because people had been waiting, and it was the right timing, it was well received.”


“전 세계의 모든 사람들이 언젠가는 각자의 어려움과 슬픔을 겪게 될 것이라고 확신합니다.

그러나 아이러니하게도 가장 가까운 사람들에게 마음을 여는 것은 매우 어렵습니다. 친구, 가족에게 마음을 터놓는 게 힘들어서 음악이라는 매체로 했어요.

사람들이 누군가가 마음을 열기를 기다리고 있었다고 생각하고 타이밍이 맞았다고 생각합니다. 그리고 사람들이 기다리고 있었고 적절한 타이밍이었기 때문에 좋은 반응을 얻었습니다.”

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I mull over his words later and realize that he is absolutely right; in the wake of the pandemic we’ve all been thrust into, and the devastation wreaked on our planet, most artists have switched their focus to try and blanket the situation with positivity and good vibes.

Everything became about dancing the pain away or lighting up the darkness with the hope of a better tomorrow, and in an attempt to escape the devastation many of us experienced, we chose to sweep sadness under the rug and turn away.


나는 나중에 그의 말을 숙고하고 그가 절대적으로 옳다는 것을 깨닫습니다. 팬데믹의 여파로 우리 모두가 곤경에 처했고 지구가 황폐화되면서 대부분의 예술가들은 초점을 전환하여 긍정적이고 좋은 분위기로 상황을 덮으려고 노력했습니다.

모든 것이 고통을 춤추게 하거나 더 나은 내일의 희망으로 어둠을 밝히는 것이 되었고, 우리 중 많은 사람들이 경험한 황폐함에서 벗어나기 위해 우리는 양탄자 밑으로 슬픔을 숨기고 외면하기로 했습니다.

Kang’s approach involved facing the pain head-on and ripping off the security net, reminding listeners that hiding away isn’t going to help in the long run.

It’s a process I went through personally after my first listen of Yellow, and I tell him this. I often fear opening up to people about my struggles, and he assures me that it’s a trial he had to endure as well.



강다니엘의 접근 방식은 고통에 정면으로 맞서고 보호막을 걷어내는 것과 관련이 있으며, 청취자들에게 숨어 있는 것은 장기적으로 도움이 되지 않을 것임을 상기시킵니다.

옐로를 처음 듣고 개인적으로 겪은 과정인데 이렇게 얘기한다.
나는 종종 내 어려움에 대해 사람들에게 공개하는 것이 두렵고 그는 자신도 견뎌야 했던 시련이라고 확신했습니다.

“I think it comes down to this: if you are hurt physically, if you get a scratch on your skin, it’s visible and you can see whether it’s healing or whether it’s bleeding,” Kang says.

“But if it’s something inside, and if you’re hurt emotionally, you really can’t fathom how much you’re hurt, whether you’re healing or whether you’ve gotten over it.


육체적으로 상처를 입거나 피부에 긁힌 자국이 있으면 치유가 되는지 피가 나는지 알 수 있습니다.”라고 강다니엘은 말합니다.

“그러나 그것이 내면에 있고 감정적으로 상처를 입었다면, 당신이 치유되고 있는지 또는 극복했는지 여부에 대해 얼마나 상처를 받았는지 정말 헤아릴 수 없습니다.

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트위터에서 즐기는 강다니엘 KANGDANIEL

And so, sometimes you just try to forget about it. I think that trying to forget and trying to ignore it is the worst thing that you can do.” He explains that everyone has to find an outlet they can rely on, and for him the outlet was music.

“I personally thought that I had to create a medium that I could vent through or express myself. If you just get mired in your own feelings, I think that you can go into this hole, and you can never come out of it.


그래서 때때로 당신은 그것을 잊으려고 노력합니다. 잊으려 애쓰고 무시하려고 하는 게 최악의 일이라고 생각한다”고 말했다. 그는 모든 사람이 의지할 수 있는 매개체를 찾아야 하며 그 매개체(돌파구)는 음악이었다고 설명합니다.

“저는 개인적으로 저를 표현하거나 발산할 수 있는 매체를 만들어야 한다고 생각했어요. 자신의 감정에 빠져들기만 하면 이 수렁에 빠져들 수 있고 절대 나올 수 없다고 생각합니다.

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Especially these days, you can really isolate yourself from others because there’s so much out there.
There’s social media, there’s a lot of mediums like the metaverse, or there’s a lot of things that you can really get immersed in, that you can lose yourself in.”

He adds that while it helps to escape into these pockets momentarily, they can also separate people from their emotions to a dangerous level of denial or even dissociation.


특히 요즘에는 너무 많은 것이 있기 때문에 다른 사람들로부터 자신을 정말로 고립시킬 수 있습니다.
소셜 미디어가 있고, 메타버스와 같은 매체가 많거나, 정말 몰입할 수 있고 빠져들 수 있는 것들이 많이 있습니다.”

그것은 일시적으로 감정의 수렁에서 탈출하는 데 도움이 되지만 사람들을 감정에서 위험한 수준의 부정 또는 심지어 해리로 분리시킬 수도 있다고 덧붙입니다.

“So, you have to step away from your smartphone and your computer from time to time and go to your mom, cuddle up next to her and really talk about your feelings, or have the courage to just talk about your innermost feelings.”

It’s advice that comes from a place of empathy and, after this conversation, pushes me to indeed go hug my mom.


"그래서, 가끔은 스마트폰과 컴퓨터에서 떨어져 엄마에게 가서 엄마 옆에 꼭 껴안고 여러분의 감정에 대해 이야기하거나, 아니면 여러분의 가장 깊은 감정에 대해 이야기할 용기를 가져야 합니다."

그것은 경험에서 오는 조언이고, 이 대화가 끝난 후, 정말로 엄마를 껴안으러 가라고 이야기합니다.

The Story has been nearly three years in the making, and Kang has poured his heart and soul into it even while working on other projects. “It was even before I was starring in [the Disney+ show]

Rookie Cops, I think,” he recalls, attempting to lay out an accurate timeline.
“So, the songs date back to maybe three years ago, because I had plans to put together a full album.
I was already writing and gathering the songs that I wanted to put in the album and that was a really long process.


<더 스토리>는 3년 가까이 작업한 작품으로 강다니엘은 다른 작품을 하면서도 혼신을 다했다.
“[디즈니+ 쇼]에 출연하기 전이었어요.

Rookie Cops라고 생각합니다.
라고 회상하며 정확한 타임라인을 제시하려고 시도했다.
“그래서 곡들은 아마 3년 전으로 거슬러 올라갑니다. 정규 앨범을 만들 계획이 있었기 때문입니다.
이미 앨범에 넣고 싶은 곡들을 쓰고 모으는 중이었고, 그 과정이 정말 길었어요.

So if you go back in time, I think I was planning the songs for this LP while I was releasing Magenta.”

He went with his gut feeling while deciding which tracks fit the record, a technique that’s served him well in the past, and he explains that building the track list of each album is always a matter of matching songs to the message he wanted to convey with each release.


그래서 시간을 거슬러 올라가면 마젠타를 발매할 때 이번 LP의 곡들을 기획했던 것 같아요.”

음반에 맞는 트랙을 정할 때 직감에 따라 움직였는데, 이는 과거에 그에게 도움이 되었던 기법이며, 각 앨범의 트랙 목록을 만드는 것은 어떤 트랙이 레코드에 맞는지를 결정하면서
항상 발매 때마다 전하고 싶었던 메시지에 곡을 맞추는 일이라는 게 그의 설명이다.

“For the Color Trilogy, with Cyan, it was more of a teenage pop vibe. For Magenta, it was songs that provide energy and exude energy.

For Yellow, it was music about inner sanctity. So, for The Story, it was literally about stories [I wanted to tell] – it was more of a feeling that if a story fits, it went into that album.”

“I’ve learned so much after releasing all of my albums, they’re all precious lessons that I have gained from my own life journey.” Photograph by Chun YoungSang, courtesy of Konnect Entertainment

We go on a sidetrack for a moment to talk about creative freedom and telling the stories he wants to tell as opposed to what a mainstream audience might demand, and Kang explains that the courage he got from deviating from the norm with Yellow is something he never wants to give up.

”I think that every artist who is appealing to mass culture comes across that dilemma every once in a while,” he adds.

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“I think it’s that intricate balance between creativity or the mainstream or the message of whatever the fans want, and what to give more weight to in terms of priority.

But I think that it’s really about trusting your instinct and your gut feelings.

For myself, I went with that gut feeling and just went with the flow.
It was more about what I had felt more inclined to at the time.

I think if you think too much about it, if you dive too deep into it, that becomes another stress factor which is, in return, counterintuitive and it just backfires on you.

It becomes another stress level. So, [the trick is to] not dig too much into it but to go with your gut instinct.”
If Yellow forced confrontation, The Story is the balm to soothe yourself in the aftermath of laying yourself bare.

“I think that I always had a takeaway message for all my fans or anyone who had listened to my albums or my music.

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For Yellow, I wanted people to listen to the song and open up and talk about what they felt inside.
But this time around, for The Story, I wanted them to listen and feel as if they were reading a book.

I want them to listen, see, read and feel in the most comfortable and relaxed way possible, without any kind of burden whatsoever.”

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“I’m sure that everyone around the world will, at some point in time, have their own difficulties and have their own sorrows. But ironically, it’s very difficult to open up to your closest people.”

On listening to the LP, it turns out to be vastly different from Yellow – there’s a much more positive vibe to it all, a lightness that reflects the mindspace Kang is in at this point in time.

There’s R&B, trap and synth-pop, which we know he’s explored before, but he adds dashes of new sounds we haven’t seen him take on.
You can feel his exuberance throughout, and it’s a joy to experience.

There’s also a brand new roster of collaborators who each influence the record with their bright energy and respect for Kang. He redirects all the praise I have for the album towards his collaborators.

“I’m extremely grateful for them because they each have their own colors, which were imbued into the tracks, and their vibes really just exploded,” he says happily.

“Thanks to them, this whole album has become much more colorful.
I can’t really speak for myself, but I think that it’s really thanks to them that this full album has become much more of what it is.”

The most striking out of the 10 tracks are the Latin-pop fueled “Don’t Tell” that features veteran rapper Jessi, the playful, gospel-inspired “How We Live” with rapper Sokodomo, and the orchestral, synth-drenched “Parade.”

He nods when I mention the influence of gospel and seems pleased I’ve noticed all the new things he’s tried. I ask him to give me an insight into the conception of these particular tracks in the studio, and he smiles.

“Well, I think that it all really came together naturally,” he says. “I didn’t really have any plans on having people being featured or adding artists or any contracts [for collaborations] or whatnot.

It was more of a very natural process where acquaintances just got together and made music.”

Starting with artists under his own company like rapper, producer and songwriter Dbo, who became integral to the album right from day one, and rapper and producer Chancellor who has worked on every single song, Kang relays the stories behind each collaborative track.

Sokodomo, for example, is a longtime friend Kang had been waiting to find the perfect song for, but in the end the decision to collaborate was a spontaneous move after years of dancing around projects – “How We Live” reflects the mood of that journey.

“As for Jessi, I was really grateful because she just loved working on this music together,” he says about the charismatic Showterview host and accomplished artist who has been a valuable mentor.

“It wasn’t really planned out or anything and she wasn’t under a contract. She just came to help and support everything that I was doing. Everything fell in place naturally, and it was just perfect and I was so thankful.”

He reserves a special shoutout just for Chancellor, who had the most influence right from the demos to the finished record, especially when it came to directing Kang’s soaring background vocals and detailed ad libs (especially prominent on “Upside Down,” “Ride 4 U” and “Mad,” which Chancellor features on).

“So, usually when I’m working on and producing my songs, I try to save whatever I can from the demos,” he explains.
“For the chorus and ad libs, I worked very often with Chancellor.

I had been talking with him about these aspects for my album and we were just throwing out ideas, saying, ‘What if we could have this kind of ad libs or these kinds of background noise in this version?’

I think that you cannot find one song without his voice in this album. He participated in every single piece. And so I really would like to take this opportunity to thank him once again for everything.”

When it comes to creating the visuals for an album, Kang says he’s always drawn the overall look from the message he wants to convey.
He also, again, credits the beauty of the finished product to weeks of group brainstorming with his talented team.

“Whatever song that we create, or whatever new trailer that we’re shooting, we’re always talking about the overall concept and the look as well as the overall feeling of the song,” he explains.

While the singer is hands-on during every step of the comeback process, he makes sure to include his team’s opinions on everything; from what outfits where he’s going to wear for the music videos and live stages, to the main colors that will build the record and the images that go into the album jacket.

“[There were even more discussions] since we also did individual trailers for the full album this time around,” he laughs. “Because we wanted to have a storyline, we didn’t look at it like I’m the protagonist.

For Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, I was always the main character, but now I’m the storyteller and that inspired concept and the music videos.

We start with the concept and we kind of imbue all of that into our work.” The Story builds its visual foundation with comforting hues of purple, grey and black.

(A few weeks after this conversation, our team as well as Kang’s are elated to discover his Rolling Stone India cover matches the color palette of The Story – a total stroke of luck.)

“I don’t think that there was any other case like mine.

I don’t think that there was anyone who had started off in a group and then just kind of got separated from that group, and due to a couple of issues, couldn’t continue in the entertainment world, so had to come back as an individual artist and start from scratch.”

Photograph by Chun YoungSang, courtesy of Konnect Entertainment

We discuss his journey as a musician right from his debut with the now-disbanded boy group Wanna One, to his first solo release Color On Me (2019) and his latest venture with The Story, and Kang takes a moment to absorb everything we’ve talked about.

“I don’t think that there is one album that hasn’t taught me a life lesson after I released it,” he says finally after a few minutes of us both sitting in comfortable silence as he gathers his thoughts.

“I’ve learned so much after releasing all of my albums and they’re all such precious lessons that I have gained from my own life journey.”

He walks me through it, recalling that after the release of his first EP, he learned that he needed to hone his skills as a lyricist and performer, which he channeled into Cyan.

After releasing that record, he wanted to focus on the things that he was afraid to do and wanted to challenge himself to try something new, which led to the creation of Magenta.

Right after that, it became about creating an outlet for his innermost trials and pain, a way of getting it out and giving himself the chance to be honest about his own emotions. That was Yellow.

Once he’d done that and shown the world who he was, he wanted to shift gears completely.
“After Yellow, I said, ‘Okay, now that I’ve talked about what I have inside, I now have to listen to others.

I have to turn it the other way around.
Turn the focus to other people and learn to now listen carefully to what others have to say.’”

As he shared before, with The Story, Kang is no longer the protagonist and is instead the narrator.
Understanding the trials and tribulations of other people was an insight that the reaction to Yellow granted him – no other experience could have done that.

“You can think of music albums as just one of the processes that artists or musicians do in their lifetime, but I think that they have so much to teach and you have so much to learn from that as well.”

Kang is a generous, dedicated individual, and it comes through not only in his music, but in the way he runs his label, Konnect Entertainment.

After the disbandment of Wanna One, several dead-end hunts for a new label, contracts falling apart and the media analyzing his every move, Kang wanted to take matters into his own hands and create a platform where he didn’t have to depend on tight systems and contracts – and eventually give that same opportunity to other artists.

“Everything was a challenge every step of the way, every day was a challenge,” he says about the journey to establishing Konnect.
“Because I think it was unprecedented. I don’t think that there was any other case like mine.

I don’t think that there was anyone who had started off in a group and then just kind of got separated from that group, and due to a couple of issues, couldn’t continue in the entertainment world, so had to come back as an individual artist and start from scratch.

So, it truly was challenging.
But because I had the team, because I had my fans, and because of all of the support of the people that trusted my work and had faith in me and my music, I think that I could find the stability that I have now and I still can find that stability to go on and carry on with my labor.”

Artists under his label now include Chancellor, pop icon CL and former GFRIEND member Yuju, and Kang is determined to give them and any future signees the best experience possible.

하여튼 정말 도전적이었습니다.
하지만 저에게는 팀이 있었기에, 팬이 있었기에, 그리고 제 작품을 믿고 제 음악을 믿어주신 많은 분들의 응원 덕분에 지금의 저와 저의 안정을 찾을 수 있었던 것 같아요. 여전히 내 노동을 계속하고 계속할 수 있는 안정성을 찾을 수 있습니다.”

현재 그의 레이블 소속 아티스트에는 Chancellor, 팝 아이콘 CL 및 전 여자친구 멤버인 Yuju가 포함되며, Kang은 그들과 미래의 모든 동료들에게 가능한 최고의 경험을 제공하기로 결심했습니다.

I think five or 10 years from now… First of all, for myself, I think I want to become the best artist I can be in that timeframe.

That will allow me to give others the chance to be able to become the artists that they want to be.” Photograph by Chun YoungSang, courtesy of Konnect Entertainment

During our conversation, I’ve learned that one of Kang’s most shining qualities is his drive.

He gives 100 percent to every task at hand – his pen darting in and out of the video frame as he takes notes throughout our chat is testament to this – and his work ethic is unmatched. What fuels this drive to constantly better himself?

We enter another long and comfortable silence together as he ponders this.

“I think that it’s a difficult question and I honestly haven’t really thought about it before,” he finally replies with a shrug.
“But off the top of my head, I think that it’s a sense of responsibility.

I think even more so recently, because I brought in new Konnect family members and I’m the one that started it all.
Since I am the front runner of the family, I think that I have to take responsibility and become the best that I can be in order to lead them further.

I think that that sense of responsibility is what keeps me going.”

We wrap up as he takes me through his schedule for the next couple of weeks – there are fanmeets, performances, video releases and interviews aplenty – and we naturally arrive at what comes after The Story.

Where does Kang Daniel see himself five years or even a decade from now?
He brings the focus right back to Konnect Entertainment and ties his own evolution to cultivating a positive, creative space for the artists he oversees.

“I think five or 10 years from now… First of all, for myself, I think I want to become the best artist I can be in that timeframe. That will allow me to give others the chance to be able to become the artists that they want to be.

At the moment, they’re all doing their best and they’re really good at it, so I think I need to be the best artist I can be to match that.”

At this point it’s integral to remember that Kang is just 25 years old and established Konnect when he was 23 – making him the youngest CEO in the K-pop industry.

In addition to running a massive label and looking after the artists under its umbrella, he’s a full-time musician with a slew of commitments made over the past couple of years that include hosting TV shows, making his acting debut with the 2022 show Rookie Cops, reuniting with Wanna One for special events, collaborating with global names like Miyavi, Inverness and Epik High, releasing complex albums, and making the time to promote it all.

It’s overwhelming to just think about it, and it’s a lot of pressure on his young shoulders, but Kang sees it as an exciting adventure he gets to be on.

“I go with the flow,” he tells me with a breezy laugh. “I do what my heart tells me to do.
That’s the only way I can keep up that level of passion, because I still love this work.

Working on the album or working as an actor, it’s still so precious to me and I still have so much fun working on it that I feel as if it’s my first time releasing an album again.

I still have butterflies in my stomach. So I will continue to do whatever makes me feel this way. I will do whatever my heart tells me.”

https://twitter.com/jjkdniel3/status/1524764842170540032?t=oTPsBpgATQcVRJsFWV2sNQ&s=19

ㅉㄴ on Twitter

롤링스톤 인터뷰~ 🦋

🍀싱어송라이터, 래퍼, 댄서, 배우이자 CEO인 #KangDaniel(@konnect_danielk)은 진정한 '만능인'의 정의이며 #KMusicSpotlight Issue의 커버 스타로 완벽한 선택입니다.

곧 공개될 #단독 인터뷰를 통해 다니엘에 대해 알아보세요.

우아~ 녤이 인터뷰 나온당~ 😄😄
녤이 인터뷰한 거 보는 거 되게 기분좋아

인터뷰를 보면 강다니엘이 어떤 생각과 마음을 가진 사람인지가 보이고 느껴지거든
그래서 인터뷰 보고 듣는 거 좋더라~ 😄😄😄

Antidote~

https://twitter.com/RollingStoneIN/status/1521150562070192134?t=D4A8Qan2AialAKfnEKw68g&s=09

Rolling Stone India on Twitter

Annual Collectors Edition: The K-Music Spotlight Issue
Featuring Kang Daniel, Sunmi, (G)I-DLE, Bang Yongguk, Dreamcatcher, P1Harmony, BIBI and more, this issue is the first of its kind in the world

연간 컬렉터 에디션: K-Music 스포트라이트 이슈
강다니엘, OOO OOO OOO OOO OOO 등이 참여한 이번 호는 세계 최초다.

Annual Collectors Edition: The K-Music Spotlight Issue

https://rollingstoneindia.com/rolling-stone-collectors-edition-the-k-music-spotlight-issue/





This May, Rolling Stone India is proud to present The K-Music Spotlight Issue. We’re dedicating the entire month to the Korean music industry and its various facets by choosing some incredible artists who are pioneers in their fields to be our cover stars. With a total of seven covers (one main and six digital), each musician will represent a different pillar of the industry and their unique take on the subject. This has never been done before and the issue is the first of its kind in the world.

ㅡ올 5월, 롤링 스톤 인디아에서 'K-Music Spotlight Issue'를 발표하게 되어 자랑스럽습니다.
우리는 그들의 분야에서 선구적인 몇몇 놀라운 아티스트들을 우리의 커버 스타로 선택함으로써 한국 음악 산업과 그것의 다양한 면들을 위해 한 달 전체를 바치고 있다.

총 7개의 커버(메인 1개와 디지털 6개)를 가진 각 음악가는 업계의 다른 기둥과 주제에 대한 그들의 독특한 견해를 대표할 것이다. 이것은 전에 한번도 행해진 적이 없었고 이번 호는 세계 최초이다.

One artist, an all-rounder, will grace the main cover while six more artists will each receive a digital cover and pages within the printed issue.
The K-Music Spotlight Issue also features interviews with various other artists in each section and discussions about their growth and contribution within their respective fields. In addition to musicians, we spoke to the people behind-the-scenes, the individuals who built the bones of the industry– producers, songwriters, stylists, makeup artists and choreographers. We also took a deep dive into the business side of things to better understand the roles of publicists, event companies, concert production, A&R and marketing, bringing the total number of names participating in this project to over 30.

한 명의 만능 아티스트가 메인 커버를 장식하고, 여섯 명의 아티스트가 각각 디지털 커버와 페이지를 장식합니다. K-Music Spotlight Issue는 또한 각 섹션의 다양한 다른 아티스트들과의 인터뷰와 각자의 분야 내에서 그들의 성장과 기여에 대한 토론을 특징으로 한다.

음악가들뿐만 아니라, 우리는 무대 뒤의 사람들, 즉 산업의 뼈를 만든 개인들, 즉 프로듀서, 작곡가, 스타일리스트, 메이크업 아티스트, 안무가와도 이야기를 나누었습니다. 우리는 또한 홍보 담당자, 이벤트 회사, 콘서트 제작, A&R 및 마케팅의 역할을 더 잘 이해하기 위해 비즈니스 측면을 깊이 파고들었고, 이 프로젝트에 참여하는 총 이름 수는 30명이 넘었습니다.

🍀수 많은 아티스트들 사이에서 커버를 장식한 다니엘
이번 호는 세계 최초라는 수식어가 여러번 등장하네~ 😄😄😄

After months of discussions, Rolling Stone India chose South Korean sensation Kang Daniel as our May 2022 cover star. In addition to being the CEO of his own company, Kang is a songwriter, actor, dancer, singer and rapper, making him a unique and powerful artist who perfectly represents the Korean music industry’s drive, dedication, emotion, and attention to detail. The K-Music Spotlight Issue was designed around Kang and the core values he believes in as an artist.

수개월간의 토론 끝에, 롤링 스톤 인디아는 한국의 센세이션을 일으킨 강다니엘을 2022년 5월 커버 스타로 선정했다.
강다니엘은 자신의 회사의 CEO일 뿐만 아니라 작곡가, 배우, 댄서, 가수, 래퍼로서 한국 음악 산업의 추진력, 헌신, 감정, 디테일에 대한 관심을 완벽하게 대변하는 독특하고 강력한 아티스트이다.

K-Music Spotlight Issue는 아티스트로서 그가 믿는 핵심 가치와 강다니엘을 중심으로 기획되었다.